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depends on how fast it was going???

mass x velocity and all that????

Don't know. It was just a handgun of some kind, though he fired a lot of bullets. This was a reply to posts 6714-6742, by the way. Still getting used to the system. Runescribe, Count Zero, Icy North, Eveneye. I wan't posting a useless fact, but their conversation seemed pretty informed.

Got a useless fact, though. The laws forcing people selling their homes to inform potential buyers of any disadvantages was suggested by Marcus Tullius Cicero in the first century BC. Hamlet talks about the law's delay.

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10 points. Correct

Depending on the caliber of the gun, some have lethal ranges well over a mile. A bullet hitting high up on a building would surely still be potentially lethal.

A handgun bullet couldn't go a mile though?

depends on calibre, angle and muzzle velocity

a bullet travels in a parabolic arc

that was useful

Here are some ranges for a few different calibers. Whether they're fired from a hand gun or a rifle shouldn't significantly effect their range.

Originally from this website: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/...toniadis.shtml

.22 Long Rifle (40 gr RN)
Muzzle Velocity 1255 ft/s
Maximum Range 2000 yard, 1.14 mile
Impact Velocity 300 ft/s

.223 Remington (55 gr SP BT)
Muzzle Velocity 3240 ft/s
Maximum Range 3875 yard, 2.20 mile
Impact Velocity 545 ft/s

30-06 Springfield (180 gr SP BT)
Muzzle Velocity 2700 ft/s
Maximum Range 5675 yard, 3.22 mile
Impact Velocity 800 ft/s

9mm Luger (Parabellum) (124 gr RN)
Muzzle Velocity 1120 ft/s
Maximum Range 2400 yard, 1.36 mile
Impact Velocity 350 ft/s

45 ACP (230 gr RN)
Muzzle Velocity 850 ft/s
Maximum Range 1800 yard, 1.02 mile
Maximum Range, Impact Velocity 330 ft/s

44 Magnum (240 gr FP)
Muzzle Velocity 1760 ft/s
Maximum Range 2500 yard, 1.42 mile
Impact Velocity 350 ft/s


While they are unlikely to be lethal at their full distances, in some cases at a mile they likely would be.

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that your average bad boy hand gun 9mm para

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not realy just their accuracy and stability

the longer the barrell the more spin the round has

Well he wasn't aiming at my office specifically.

So I did the right thing warning her to stand back, then.

It would have probably messed up her make-up, at least.

The 17th floor is still only about 30 meters up, I don´t think I would buy a gun that couldn´t kill someone 30 meters above me.

I don't always correct other people's mistakes.

Now a useless fact: I can't think of a useless fact off hand.

I've got one. B&Q stands for Block and Quayle. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F19585?thread=7331167&show=20&skip=0#pi5

Lot's of useless facts here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcenuJMK9v4&feature=fvw

But doesn't watching some Youtube video spoil the purpose - and fun - of this thread? :-S

I haven't put up a useless fact but here we go - water is the only element that expands when it freezes

Bugger, :-S should have been . Gief edit button nau plox! And cheezburgers.

Well, it's got some great facts.
Eg. rats and giraffes can last longer without water than camels can, and the dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

water can exist in 3 different phisical states all at the same tempreture